W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.

W. Somerset Maugham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 25, 1874 - December 16, 1965

Topics

EvilUniverseIgnoreChildishOrder

I'm pretty normal.

Jenna Bush

NormalPretty

You have a great result if the orchestra trusts the conductor, and the conductor trusts the orchestra.

Andris Nelsons

GreatResultYouOrchestraConductor

To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.

Anatole France

ImaginationKnowNothingEverything

I'm just a '70s freak.

Sinbad

FreakJust

If I could rub a genie and anything could happen? Truthfully, my other love, and this is a complete 180, but I'd love to do a spy or an espionage pic, like a James Bond movie.

Chris Diamantopoulos

LoveBondHappenSpyAnythingLike

When I was preparing 'Kiss Me, Kate,' I did go to the Museum of Broadcasting and watched an old kinescope of Alfred Drake doing the role on a television special. It was interesting, but I didn't feel any need to try to copy him.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

KissMeFeelInterestingDoingCopy

When it comes to dealing with the world's climate and energy challenges, I have a simple rule: change America, change the world.

Thomas Friedman

ChangeSimpleChange The WorldWorld

I'm not a very good financing person. I don't even know how much money I have in my bank account. I never have opened one single envelope from the bank - they freak me out.

Marjane Satrapi

GoodMoneyMePersonKnowNever

I've always wanted to be like the Hollywood Golden Age actors.

Julianne Hough

AgeGoldenHollywoodAlwaysLike

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

George S. Patton

WarSweatBloodSavesGallonPint

When I was young my Father used to tell me that the two most worthwhile pursuits in life were the pursuit of truth and of beauty and I believe that Alfred Nobel must have felt much the same when he gave these prizes for literature and the sciences.

Frederick Sanger

LifeBeautyFatherTruthMeBelieve

Every movie that I do, if you analyze the stories, you can notice that in each story, that within the movie after the first 15 minutes, it could fall apart. Or every 10 minutes it has the chance that you lose the thread. On the other hand, if you succeed in putting them together, then the movie looks spontaneous and more like cinema.

Emir Kusturica

TogetherSucceedChanceStoryLose

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